Hacking ANNOUNCING: GATEWAY 2.1 "OMEGA" PUBLIC RELEASE

[hundshamer]

Using 32GB Class 10 myself.

Main culprit for launcher crashes is the 3DS'S SD not the gateway micro SD

Exactly. I was talking about the SD card where you put the Launcher.dat file. Not the mSD where the roms are located. I have Team 32GB class 4 in my Gateway cart.

 

[xxMergyxx]

I tried Pokemon Y, played it around 5 hours and really enjoyed it,
so i thought i'm gonna buy it, cause it is really awesome!

But: Can we use the Save file from GW with a retail cartridge?

e. g. with the R4 Save Dongle?

 

[Ryft]

Alright well I switched cards between my phone and Gateway... and wow it makes a huge difference! Didn't realize it would be that much of improvement lol. Went from about a 30 second save time to a 5 second save time on AC:NL. The one I switched to was a class-10 Transcend btw.

 

[zb123]

Alright well I switched cards between my phone and Gateway... and wow it makes a huge difference! Didn't realize it would be that much of improvement lol. Went from about a 30 second save time to a 5 second save time on AC:NL. The one I switched to was a class-10 Transcend btw.

That's my card as well, it definitely makes a huge difference!

 

[chrisrlink]

I don't own a gateway but out of curiosity have they removed the bricking code from b2?

 

[driverdis]

I don't own a gateway but out of curiosity have they removed the bricking code from b2?

If you are referring to 2.1 Omega, then nothing has been mentioned about if it contains the code or not.
If you are referring to 2.0beta2, then the brick code is still there as it always was.

 

[chrisrlink]

If you are referring to 2.1 Omega, then nothing has been mentioned about if it contains the code or not.
If you are referring to 2.0beta2, then the brick code is still there as it always was.

yeah sorry i ment have they removed the brick code in 2.1

 

[Bond697]

no. it seems to have been improved though, so it shouldn't mistakenly trigger anymore.

 

[zb123]

yeah sorry i ment have they removed the brick code in 2.1

bond697 is speculating and his information is not objective, as he did in a previous thread. There is no proof that the brick code exists in 2.1, and there's no proof that it doesn't. All we know is there have been no legitimate reports of bricks thus far.

 

[Kaphotics]

bond697 is speculating and his information is not objective, as he did in a previous thread. There is no proof that the brick code exists in 2.1, and there's no proof that it doesn't. All we know is there have been no legitimate reports of bricks thus far.

Just because nobody has bricked doesn't mean that there's no brick code at all. Ad ignorantiam logical fallacy...


He's not 'speculating'; you can still brick but it's essentially impossible for legit gateway carts to hit. No current bricks with the GW firmware, maybe the clones will somehow cause it to trigger.

Considering Bond697 has 'cloned' the GWΩ 2.1 launcher (and is currently making edits to allow RAM Dumping), it's safe to say that he know the ins and outs of Ω. Feel free to prove him wrong!

 

[Slashmolder]

The brick code does exist in 2.1. I have no idea why you're doubting it.
It's in the Launcher.dat at offset 0x25160 size 0xB20. AES key 0x514E7232 0xDD58D52F 0xB1D257D2 0xB65E1CD4.

Here's a quick picture of the code from that region.

Spoiler

 

[Deleted User]

It could be a red herring, like dead code placed in the launcher that can never be triggered.

Maybe to scare cloners away?

 

[Slashmolder]

It's reachable but it shouldn't be reachable for any legitimate user. Before if the CRC32 of a memory region was wrong it'd trigger the brick. If you just normally used their GW menu, especially for the diagnostic test, it changes values in that memory region to what they shouldn't be. Instead now a lot more checks have to fail before it modifies the DS profile to tell the ROP to trigger the brick.

 

[zb123]

It's reachable but it shouldn't be reachable for any legitimate user. Before if the CRC32 of a memory region was wrong it'd trigger the brick. If you just normally used their GW menu, especially for the diagnostic test, it changes values in that memory region to what they shouldn't be. Instead now a lot more checks have to fail before it modifies the DS profile to tell the ROP to trigger the brick.

Why hurt the end user's 3ds though. Would it not be just as effective to brick the clone flashcart?

 

[gamesquest1]

Why hurt the end user's 3ds though. Would it not be just as effective to brick the clone flashcart?

because they can't brick the clone cards, same thing that makes the clones non up-datable makes them unbrickable,

that's probably why the clones left the jtag pins disconnected in the first place.

 

[jackddd]

Wouldn't something like wiping all save files be debilitating (ala Earthbound, assuming they didn't recently back them up) without ruining? Can't exactly convince someone to switch to gateway after breaking their 3DS.

 

[skarthebloodchild]

Does the Conception_II_Children_of_the_Seven_Stars_3DS-VENOM work?

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Does the Conception_II_Children_of_the_Seven_Stars_3DS-VENOM work?

It isn't a 3DS shop game, so I don't see why it wouldn't. I can't tell you though, since a quick google of it results in only one page, and that page is one of those "for information purposes only" sites. Wait for 12-24 hours and you can find out yourself.

 

[Queno138]

Guys, quick question:

Any way to transfer original cart save onto GW? (for Card1 games)

 

[gamesquest1]

Guys, quick question:

Any way to transfer original cart save onto GW? (for Card1 games)

nope